<p>nedad…honestly, you should probably talk to someone about asset protection for your mom’s nest egg, in case you have to go the institutional route. The rules are very complicated and vary state to state, and you really need to know all the rules for your state IN ADVANCE of any such decisions.</p>
<p>If I knew then what I know now, about how old people are treated in our society, and about the abysmal “choices” available to many of them, I truly think that I would have chosen, as a life’s work, some form of work related to trying to fix some of these issues–in particular, architecture (there has GOT to be a more appealing way to build and design these places), or elder-care policy work, or something. </p>
<p>On a related note, check out the movie reviews in the Friday edition of the NY Times, for a new film called Sunset Story–about Sunset Hall, a “nonprofit retirement home for free-thinking elders”–opening Friday in Manhattan.</p>
<p>And bhg’s statement, “His mom was there for him, now he is there for her.” brought to mind that lovely child’s picture book that always made me cry when I read it, called “Love You Forever”.</p>